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brennan was a rumored pick for the job when obama was first elected in 2008, but was forced to withdraw from consideration amidst protests over his role at the cia under the bush administration. brennan has publicly supported the cia's policies of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques and extraordinary rendition, and was a key proponent of drone strikes in obama's first term. as his nomination was announced, the activist group codepink gathered outside the white house in protest. in a nod to the potential opposition he faces with hagel's nomination, president obama urged lawmakers to give his choices a speedy confirmation. >> i hope that the senate will act on his confirmation as promptly. and when it comes to national security, we don't like to leave a lot of gaps. between the time one set of leaders transitions out and another transitions in. we need to get moving quickly on this. >> the financial giant big of america has agreed to pay more than $11 billion to the government-backed mortgage finance company fannie mae for flooding it with toxic mortgages during the financial cris
brennan was a rumored pick for the job when obama was first elected in 2008, but was forced to withdraw from consideration amidst protests over his role at the cia under the bush administration. brennan has publicly supported the cia's policies of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques and extraordinary rendition, and was a key proponent of drone strikes in obama's first term. as his nomination was announced, the activist group codepink gathered outside the white house in protest. in a nod...
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article in the popular liberal newspaper, calling for greater reforms from the communist party's newly elected leader xi jinping. egypt has resumed talks with the international monetary fund over a 3.6 billion euro loan to help stabilize the country's currency. >> the value of the egyptian pound has slid to record lows against the us dollar in recent weeks as egyptian purchase foreign currencies out of fear the economy could collapse. two years of political upheaval have discouraged foreign investors and caused a sharp drop in tourism, one of egypt's most important industries. the imf loan was originally agreed on in november, but then delayed by cairo as the government rushed to approve a controversial new constitution. >> germany's former president, christian wulff, and his wife have separated less than a year after he resigned in disgrace over corruption allegations. lawyers representing them confirmed the split and said the couple are already living apart. >> it is no doubt the final act in a long drama surrounding wulff, who, more than a year ago was a rising star in the conservative cudd
article in the popular liberal newspaper, calling for greater reforms from the communist party's newly elected leader xi jinping. egypt has resumed talks with the international monetary fund over a 3.6 billion euro loan to help stabilize the country's currency. >> the value of the egyptian pound has slid to record lows against the us dollar in recent weeks as egyptian purchase foreign currencies out of fear the economy could collapse. two years of political upheaval have discouraged...
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he was a rumored pick when obama was first elected in 2008, but forced to withdraw from consideration amid protests over his role at the cia under george w. bush. brennan had publicly supported the ca's policies of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques and extraordinary rendition. joining us by videostream is marcy wheeler, investigative blogger who is written extensively about john brennan. she writes the website and joins us from michigan. tell us to john brennan is. >> if barack obama had the equivalent of a dick cheney, someone who is involved in all of the national security decisions, is the last person to speak to obama before he makes these decisions, if we trust him, if we believe he actually asks obama decisions, the one to a centralized almost all of these decisions in terms of, it would be john brennan. and obama's first term, brennan has been the one who has been at obama's side for all of these national security decisions. >> i want to turn to his remarks last may when john brennan publicly confirmed the united states has used drones to conduct targeted killings ove
he was a rumored pick when obama was first elected in 2008, but forced to withdraw from consideration amid protests over his role at the cia under george w. bush. brennan had publicly supported the ca's policies of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques and extraordinary rendition. joining us by videostream is marcy wheeler, investigative blogger who is written extensively about john brennan. she writes the website and joins us from michigan. tell us to john brennan is. >> if barack...
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he was a rumored pick for the job when obama was first elected in 2008, but was forced to withdraw from consideration amidst protests over his role at the cia under the bush administration. brennan has publicly supported this tsa's policies of so- called enhanced interrogation techniques and extraordinary rendition. he was the first obama administration official to publicly confirm drone attacks overseas and to defend their legalities. war on expected nominations of chuck hagel and john brennan after the headlines. the obama administration reportedly is considering keeping a residual force between three and 9000 troops in afghanistan after the formal withdrawal date of 2014. the wall street journal cited the new figures after previous reports suggested the u.s. is mulling a troop deployment of up to 20,000. bahrain top court has upheld the convictions of 13 opposition leaders on allegations of plotting to overthrow the u.s.- backed regime. the activists were sentenced by military court in 2011, eight of them to live behind bars after leading massive protests against bahrain's sunni mona
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why not one of these factions probably faction would win because at all forget that the last elections that chavez were in won with over sixty percent of the whole and that's a absolute majority of the minister of lasers in favor of what's been happening for the special for teen years so chavez but without charges would remain in terms of developing venezuela the problem is who's going to be defection soon lead it from now on and these people have no charisma just like politics and the opposition themselves they also don't have charisma so i can imagine it's like if you're one of these days you lose a poor cartney and there's nobody else thank. you why why has there been so little information released about what's really happening with chavez we know it's some kind of pelvic cam so we know he's been in for treatment but why has the official information at least been so scant. this is not very good at this is that this came from a high high up of fact and that even the key to cuban doctors are not allowed to speak. you know the communication between days not because the prognosis maybe
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in northern ireland as a result of the peace process we have a government in which everyone who is elected to the parliament is part of the government that leaves no spears for parliamentary opposition and so when something like this happens that is seen by certain mostly working class suddenly in lower middle class communities to being provocative there is no political way of actually expressing your opposition so to some extent we're seeing just hard difficult it is to manage a popular protest in a situation where there is no option to change the government so to speak because the government includes everyone who ever gets elected. some other international news in brief now hundreds of protesters in the past wasting their anger over violence against women one eleven consecutive day standing outside the prime minister's readily residence campaigners are demanding that the government punish those involved in such crimes demonstrations with sponsored by the alleged rape of a twenty one year old made by a policeman after she was robbed at an a.p. . james arms of the alleged gunmen in a movie
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dot com to find out why brezhnev correia believes the cia will try to kill him out of the upcoming election also online. as well comes to terms with a series of mass shootings some gun loving americans have introduced their own holiday has gone appreciation day so i had to argue dot com for the whole story. well it's just days left before the inauguration of it as well the president which obvious the country's opposition is waiting for its chance to remove him from office if a ceremony is delayed due as poor health are often of when to go rockets to find out whether the risk of political instability has changed people's perception of the country. the flames of economic fury the debt crisis spreads anger across europe well unemployment brings despair to what was once the land of opportunity life in the west once all but guaranteed a better future whether it does so today is up for debate with no end in sight to the financial crisis many are finding refuge in countries with an alternative economic model or some venezuela represents hope and new opportunities the bolivarian republic may be a s
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in northern ireland as a result of the peace process we have a government in which everyone who is elected to the parliament is part of the government that leaves no space for parliamentary opposition and so when something like this happens that is seen by certain mostly working class president suddenly in lower middle class communities to is being provocative there is no political way of actually expressing your opposition so to some extent we're seeing just hard difficult it is to my mom age. a popular protest in a situation where there is no option to change the government so to speak because the government includes everyone who ever gets elected. now take a look at some of the stories from around the world sounds in half are tested in the sri lankan capital against the government's attempt to impeach the country's first female chief justice on monday her conviction was squashed an appeal after the supreme court ruled the case against her was unconstitutional move half barred accusations parliament was breaking the law last month the government said the chief justice was guilty of unexp
in northern ireland as a result of the peace process we have a government in which everyone who is elected to the parliament is part of the government that leaves no space for parliamentary opposition and so when something like this happens that is seen by certain mostly working class president suddenly in lower middle class communities to is being provocative there is no political way of actually expressing your opposition so to some extent we're seeing just hard difficult it is to my mom age....
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option to change the government so to speak because the government includes everyone who ever gets elected. changing direction to in search of a better a live. report from ben what is becoming an appealing place for those who fail to find an economic and social paradise a more traditional and even. wealthy british style. sometimes right. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report. north korea known for its reclusive menace and time to internet controls is playing host to a high profile visit from the u.s. one of the guests being head of online giant google the trip while promoted as a private and humanitarian one is breeding speculation about the company's plans to expand into the secretive state washington from the one of the streets demanding for sanctions on pyongyang off the recent rocket launch meanwhile the have been reports that north korean authorities are hiring german economy is to help open the country up for foreign investment after a go
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there was a coup so there's talk that this could very well happen again and like i said this is an election year in honduras so that all remains to be seen i can't tell you i don't have a crystal ball to let you know but it could very well happen it's going to be a very critical year for them usually when there are signs of overreaching one branch over another when they're suppose to be checks and balances that's not a good sign thank you so much for shedding some light on the country man i am glad you're back safe with us good to have you back thanks a lot of. feel like what you see so far go to our you tube channel youtube dot com slash breaking the set and subscribe to our facebook page facebook dot com plus breaking the set if you want about what i'm doing when i'm not on air follow me on twitter at a martin later take a break from my preaching but stay tuned to hear just how many journalists were killed in two thousand and twelve and what kind of president this next. government no longer represents the people. the people are going to take the terms . to them. the way or. not. i feel th
there was a coup so there's talk that this could very well happen again and like i said this is an election year in honduras so that all remains to be seen i can't tell you i don't have a crystal ball to let you know but it could very well happen it's going to be a very critical year for them usually when there are signs of overreaching one branch over another when they're suppose to be checks and balances that's not a good sign thank you so much for shedding some light on the country man i am...
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he may not say it the same way bush said it after his re-election to a second term, but obama believes that he's earned political capital, particularly in national security and he's going to use it. >>> finally, vice president biden will meet with gun violence victims groups and gun safety organizations tomorrow as the white house prepared to unveil its proposals on gun violence as early as next week. on the second anniversary of the tucson shooting, after traveling to newtown, connecticut, and the wake of that massacre, former congresswoman gabby giffords and her husband, mark kelly, announcing the formation of a new organization aimed at persuading elected officials to act on some form of gun control. >> first couple that we spoke to dad took out a cell phone and showed us a picture of his daughter. and i just about lost it. >> enough. >> in a "usa today" op-ed the two write this. in response to a horrific series of shootings that has shown t terror in our communities and left one of its own bleeding and near death in a tucson parking lot. congress has done something quite extraordin
he may not say it the same way bush said it after his re-election to a second term, but obama believes that he's earned political capital, particularly in national security and he's going to use it. >>> finally, vice president biden will meet with gun violence victims groups and gun safety organizations tomorrow as the white house prepared to unveil its proposals on gun violence as early as next week. on the second anniversary of the tucson shooting, after traveling to newtown,...
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com to find out why the president correa believes the cia will try to kill him to have the upcoming election also. that picture of you were dead there or that you posted to twitter some time ago will soon be stored next to the goodman berg bible while we tell you why the library of congress is archiving all public tweets. and. i can't. well just days left before the inauguration of an as well and president who charges the country's opposition is waiting for its chance to remove him from office if the ceremony is delayed beauteous poor health. went to caracas to find out whether the risk of political instability has changed people's perception of the country. the flames of economic fury the debt crisis spreads anger across europe well unemployment brings despair to what was once the land of opportunity life in the west once all but guaranteed a better future whether it does so today is up for debate with no end in sight to the financial crisis many are finding refuge in countries with an alternative economic model for some venezuela represents hope and new opportunities to bolivarian republic
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elsewhere are traditionally more conservative they most of them they backed the government prior to its election so they seized their own people that he said happy with the way the government is going so i think it will it will make a difference it will it will cost some extra problems for the for the current government well and those problems of course could be exacerbated bearing in mind of course that health care is really a very very important aspect of life for them for any population is it not being very dangerous here by targeting health care madrid here cutting in this particular area well yes of course and it's not just the privatization this is just part of the of the of the things that people are unhappy with that it's also all sorts of new taxes for example until now people didn't have to pay for their medicines in spain this was this was free now they have to pay this is a problem of course because pensions are not very good for many people in spain so so they can't afford these medicines but apart from that this has gone to his have been down in such a rush so just briefly that the
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we, the women of america, got you re-elected. all right. that does it for us here at "the cycle." martin, it's all yours. >> a true, true crystal ball. it's thursday, january the 10th. ladies and gentlemen, the nra has come to the white house. >> the gun debate is raging. >> later i meet with the nra. >> freedom is not a handgun on the hip of every teacher. >> work it into the prom them. enchantment under the siege. >> no one needs ten bullets to kill a deer. >> that cheesy grin. >> little 6-year-old kids riddled with bullet holes. >> that joe biden just can't wipe off his face. >> president barack obama is considering taking executive action aimed at limiting your second amendment rights. >> could only be to take guns away from people. >> i don't quite understand why everybody would be afraid. >> it has been enough. >> the nra, which wants to be feared and respected, is not respected and should no longer be feared. >> i agree with wane lapierre, you, sir, are [ bleep ] in the head. ♪ >> another hectic day in washington and just ahead we'll have more on the president's cabinet r
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and it is that politicians on the side of cutting defense spending are actually winning election elections. and the american people are deciding the cuts. do you see hagel as part of this trend? >> i was, i was very critical about the remarks he said about the ambassador. now i hope he gets nominated because he is clearly being attacked from the right. from the let's spend more money in defense while we're cutting taxes faction. and i am very pleased the president is sticking with him. i got to pick one -- yeah, it is -- for being suspicious of -- skeptical, i shouldn't say suspicious, being skeptical of this notion that more and more military spending is the answer, look, i think the president got the -- the commitment to do that when for the first time a democratic president debated a republican president on military spending, and the democratic presidential candidate, the democratic candidate was for less spending and even ridiculed romney with regard to bayonets and horses and then won the election. and even in virginia, with so many thinking that ship buildings so important, he won. s
and it is that politicians on the side of cutting defense spending are actually winning election elections. and the american people are deciding the cuts. do you see hagel as part of this trend? >> i was, i was very critical about the remarks he said about the ambassador. now i hope he gets nominated because he is clearly being attacked from the right. from the let's spend more money in defense while we're cutting taxes faction. and i am very pleased the president is sticking with him. i...
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the president considered brennan for the same job after he first got elected in 2008. brennan withdrew his name from consideration after he got associated with the enhanced interrogation techniques that had been used during the bush administration. charges brennan denied. over the past several years, brennan has been instrumental in expanding the administration's use of drone strikes fwens terror targets around the world. in fact, just hours after the nomination was announced, a u.s. drone reportedly killed eight more militants in pakistan. yesterday in the announcement at the white house, president obama praised brennan's high standards as an intelligence leader. >> he has worked to imbed our efforts in a strong legal framework. he understands we're a nation of laws. and in moments of debate and decision, he asks the tough questions and he insisted on high and rigorous standards. time and again he has spoken to the american people about our counter-terrorism policies because he recognizes we have a responsibility to be open and transparent as possible. >>> all right.
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he was elected over an over. >> cenk: is it unacceptable for me to like him? he's a corrupt politician but comes out of prison at 85 and says what now. >> it's an louisiana asterisk you can like him. >> what is the reason for watching this show, but michael and cenk you've given reasons why you might want to watch. >> i definitely will be watching. >> i absolutely will not be watching. >> cenk: oh really? speaking of which michael, you have the next story. >> it's an amazing story. the president of uruguay as we were debating what to call the country before the segment. the president of uruguay mr. mujica. pepe mujica is what he's known as over there. he is president of a forward- forward-thinking country. he fought the government, 14 years in solitary confinement in prison. when asked if they killed anybody, he said there were unfortunate things that happened. 'sflower farmer by trade. he still lives in his house. hee schewed the home that the president would live in to live in his home. his net worth is $1,800. >> cenk: his net worth is $1,800? can you imagi
he was elected over an over. >> cenk: is it unacceptable for me to like him? he's a corrupt politician but comes out of prison at 85 and says what now. >> it's an louisiana asterisk you can like him. >> what is the reason for watching this show, but michael and cenk you've given reasons why you might want to watch. >> i definitely will be watching. >> i absolutely will not be watching. >> cenk: oh really? speaking of which michael, you have the next story....
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. >> rose: is the president different this time as a negotiator because, a, he won an election and, b, he learned from the experience he is had in his first term? >> i think so, i don't know what david would say to that. as i look at this, a, it's clear he won the election and that gave him somewhat of a policy mandate. he was quite specific of what kind of grand bargain he envisioned that it would involve higher tax revenue. if the president hasn't won the election or had been as big a margin i don't think you would have seen the deal looking as favorable to the administration as it was. i think the president learned from the debt ceiling and what everybody forgets, the extension of the tax cuts at the end of 2010. i think one lesson that the full administration learned was just because you did a deal that was bipartisan doesn't actually automatically make it easier to make future deals. so they extended it at the end of 2010 in a heavily bipartisan way but that didn't stop us from a really debilitating and horrible experience on the debt ceiling and i think that was a backdrop to th
. >> rose: is the president different this time as a negotiator because, a, he won an election and, b, he learned from the experience he is had in his first term? >> i think so, i don't know what david would say to that. as i look at this, a, it's clear he won the election and that gave him somewhat of a policy mandate. he was quite specific of what kind of grand bargain he envisioned that it would involve higher tax revenue. if the president hasn't won the election or had been as...
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. >> woodruff: and to another in our conversations with newly elected members of the u.s. senate. texas republican ted cruz previously served as the state's solicitor general, and also worked in the george w. bush administration. the 42-year-old cruz defeated his democratic challenger by a wide margin in the november election, with strong support from the tea party. he took the seat of republican kay bailey hutchison, who retired. over the weekend, cruz said he would find it "very difficult" to support chuck hagel for defense secretary. cruz charged the former nebraska senator had "advocated weakness" in his foreign policy views. i spoke with him last friday from capitol hill. welcome, senator ted cruz. congratulations. let's start out talking about washington. most americans seem to think this city is dysfunctional. they have a very low opinion of the congress. what do you think the problem is is? what would you do about it? >> well, i think right now we've got a major problem that we're just going broke. we have spending money we don't have. there is a real lack of common sense
. >> woodruff: and to another in our conversations with newly elected members of the u.s. senate. texas republican ted cruz previously served as the state's solicitor general, and also worked in the george w. bush administration. the 42-year-old cruz defeated his democratic challenger by a wide margin in the november election, with strong support from the tea party. he took the seat of republican kay bailey hutchison, who retired. over the weekend, cruz said he would find it "very...
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obviously, virginia is a state that democrats passed election. and a pretty fair assessment. split. other question do you favor putting armed police officers in public schools? 66% favor. 29% oppose. actually when you broke it down it was 7 #% republicanssh -- 79% republicans and 58% democrats favored. nra supported position of putting armed guards in schoo schools. >> the country is split on many issues but in the end what mara is saying is correct. it's not going to make much difference. i would be impolite to say the measures are placebos. as a doctor i did sustained placebos. it doesn't hurt anybody. just feel better. it's cheap and a sugar pill. we had a fairly restrictive assault weapons ban in the mid- '90s. it lasted ten years and it had almost zero effect on the violence. gun violence. and these measures will have zero effect on the massacres as we saw in aurora or tucson. people will have the feeling they have done something. but here is the reason why the ban failed in the mid-'90s. it wasn't the loopholes and the way to get around the law. the fact is there are 300 milli
obviously, virginia is a state that democrats passed election. and a pretty fair assessment. split. other question do you favor putting armed police officers in public schools? 66% favor. 29% oppose. actually when you broke it down it was 7 #% republicanssh -- 79% republicans and 58% democrats favored. nra supported position of putting armed guards in schoo schools. >> the country is split on many issues but in the end what mara is saying is correct. it's not going to make much...
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. >> the new conservative dominance of policy thinking ended when barack obama was elected president. but today was the day that the obama administration made the single biggest play to define what comes next. today, he nominated chuck hagel, in doing, he nominated the first vietnam veteran. >> he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that is something we only do when it is absolutely necessary. my frame of reference, he has said, is geared to the guy at the bottom who is doing the fighting and the dying. with chuck, our troops will always know just like sergeant hagel was there for his own brother, secretary hagel will be there for you. and finally, chuck represents the bipartisan tradition that we need more of in washington. for his independence, and commitment to consensus, he has earned the respect of national security and military leaders, republicans and democrats, including me. >> hagel will be the third republican secretary of defense appointed by the last two democratic presidents. william cohen, and bob gates, re-appointed by presid
. >> the new conservative dominance of policy thinking ended when barack obama was elected president. but today was the day that the obama administration made the single biggest play to define what comes next. today, he nominated chuck hagel, in doing, he nominated the first vietnam veteran. >> he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that is something we only do when it is absolutely necessary. my frame of reference, he has said, is geared...
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is in northern ireland as a result the peace process we have a government in which everyone who was elected to the parliament is part of that government that leaves no spheres for parliamentary opposition and so when something like this happens that is seen by certain mostly working class president certainly in lower middle class communities too is being provocative there is no political way of actually expressing your opposition so to some extent we're seeing just how i difficult it is to manage a popular protest in a situation where there is no option to change the government so to speak because the government includes everyone who ever gets elected. well for those christians have been celebrating christmas the world over today catch more games like color and sparkle as millions gathered to celebrate and go to our website for a closer look. and it's expensive in the world sold for a record one point eight million dollars discover who back to the precious catch on t.v. dot com. already hard pressed fighting off a belligerent taliban and a resurgent al qaeda the u.s. military is now facing
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. >> ifill: and we continue our series of conversations with newly elected members of congress. tonight: texas republican senator ted cruz, a vocal opponent of the eleventh-hour fiscal cliff deal. >> i would have voted against it because i think it was a lousy deal. it wasn't a serious response to the grave fiscal and economic problems facing this country. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program wasade psible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: today's announcement at the white house sets up a pair of potential confirmation fights. president obama's choices to oversee the pentagon and the c.i.a. will now be called to answer questions about everything from
. >> ifill: and we continue our series of conversations with newly elected members of congress. tonight: texas republican senator ted cruz, a vocal opponent of the eleventh-hour fiscal cliff deal. >> i would have voted against it because i think it was a lousy deal. it wasn't a serious response to the grave fiscal and economic problems facing this country. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that...
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. >> and after they passed the assault weapons ban in '94, they had the '94 elections, and democrats -- and some of those districts were defeated largely because the nra was able to whip up their members in a frenzy. this is a classic political science case study of an interest group that is very intense and cares almost about this thing alone. on the top list of concerns, guns are one through ten, against a public that cares about this and a lot of other things and whose attention may wax and wane depending what else is going on in their lives. they are very intense, they have a lot of money, and it's a good sign that liberal groups and groups like the mayors that bloomberg is supporting -- >> mayors against guns. >> are getting out there and trying to get their foot into the debate politically with donations but also this changing the dynamics because this can't go forward and succeed unless there's a strong coalition including police and citizens and public health advocates fighting as hard as the nra fights. >> eric holder, the attorney general, met with retailers including the n
. >> and after they passed the assault weapons ban in '94, they had the '94 elections, and democrats -- and some of those districts were defeated largely because the nra was able to whip up their members in a frenzy. this is a classic political science case study of an interest group that is very intense and cares almost about this thing alone. on the top list of concerns, guns are one through ten, against a public that cares about this and a lot of other things and whose attention may...
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because he defended obama and he supported obama's election reelection so they're they're very partisan and they don't forgive him for that i think also you're publicans you're more committed to these wars than hager lives. and you know there are a few intelligent people left not many of them in the government who understand these wars are really not in anyone's interests. and they're trying to. prevent the spread of these wars. into iran. or further into russia or china what about internally i mean both nominations come a highly divisive issues like israel like iran from radically different points of view but are we going to see a lot of conflict internally at the heart of the u.s. security establishment if they're in if they're at a point was a confirmed. no i don't think so i think that. brennan is moving. to a more powerful position which the cia will like and i think. is probably trying to put the brakes as warriors the rate at which washington experience it was a war in iraq you can very easily become overextended and defeated so i don't think there will be in months but a lot. of
because he defended obama and he supported obama's election reelection so they're they're very partisan and they don't forgive him for that i think also you're publicans you're more committed to these wars than hager lives. and you know there are a few intelligent people left not many of them in the government who understand these wars are really not in anyone's interests. and they're trying to. prevent the spread of these wars. into iran. or further into russia or china what about internally i...
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geithner was part of the rescue at the new york fed before obama was elected and afterwards. if they've been selling shares of insurance company, i.g., dodd-frank has been passed. this is moving solidly on the fiscal thing and i think the third thing is that jack lew really is a creature of washington. ironically, he worked at a bank, he worked at city city bank. timothy geithner never did. although everybody in the country thinks he once did but i think jack lew is known as somebody, as a tough negotiator, he worked for tip o'neill, he has the confidence of the liberal democrats in congress who are needed so it shows the president's adversary will be in the beltway, in congress. gwen: he's a creature of washington, he commutes home every week. >> he mentioned queens. when he became the director of the office of management and budget, he replaced peter orszag. he took down the portrait of alexander hamilton who orszag had hanging in his office and replaced it with w.p.a. posters from new york city. >> you're talking about what a tough negotiator he can be and obviously that's
geithner was part of the rescue at the new york fed before obama was elected and afterwards. if they've been selling shares of insurance company, i.g., dodd-frank has been passed. this is moving solidly on the fiscal thing and i think the third thing is that jack lew really is a creature of washington. ironically, he worked at a bank, he worked at city city bank. timothy geithner never did. although everybody in the country thinks he once did but i think jack lew is known as somebody, as a...
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he won the election, shouldn't he get those choices? >> well, perhaps, except that his world view includes, i'm convinced, the idea that spending on defense has got to fall and that that money has to be reprogrammed into domestic spending. the defense budget is 600 billion dollars more or less and post war, 5% of gdp and conservatives argue it should now be about 4% of gdp. i think that chuck hagel's job is to start pushing that number downward and that's because barack obama wants it to fall after iraq, after afghanistan and then the democrats want for 25 years to spend that money on domestic education and energy. >> and of course the europeans discover you can only take so much money from defense and put it into the entitlement. >> they believe that. >> and eventually you end up bankrupt and defenseless. the europeans can afford that because they have the americans behind them. who do we have behind us? >> right, but here is the question that i have politically, the president knows because this was floated and you've written two criti
he won the election, shouldn't he get those choices? >> well, perhaps, except that his world view includes, i'm convinced, the idea that spending on defense has got to fall and that that money has to be reprogrammed into domestic spending. the defense budget is 600 billion dollars more or less and post war, 5% of gdp and conservatives argue it should now be about 4% of gdp. i think that chuck hagel's job is to start pushing that number downward and that's because barack obama wants it to...
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the election is over. you will deliver state of the business tomorrow. what do you think going forward? >> the job of the chamber of commerce is to represent the american business community. millions of small businesses, medium size and large businesses. it's not my job to agree with the president. but we were founded 100 years ago for two reasons. to represent the business community and to help our government. for years we have done that. when this administration came to office, they helped them get stimulus bill. they didn't like that. we helped them with the banking and the automobile companies. we want to help them on a lot of things. we need immigration bill. ready to do that. we made a major suggestion. you can't do this in cost cutting and tax increases. we need a third bucket, energy. the most prolific energy company in the world now. >> bret: when he says at one point several weeks ago that the president said we don't have a spending problem and boehner said, "mr. president, we have a serious spending problem." he repeated the message so often,
the election is over. you will deliver state of the business tomorrow. what do you think going forward? >> the job of the chamber of commerce is to represent the american business community. millions of small businesses, medium size and large businesses. it's not my job to agree with the president. but we were founded 100 years ago for two reasons. to represent the business community and to help our government. for years we have done that. when this administration came to office, they...
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we came off an election where we didn't do well. and so all the sudden there's some in our party saying, well, the democrats did well. i guess maybe we should start acting a little bit more like the democrats and we'll win the next election. truth of the matter is i think most in our party think that's a mistake. that we need two parties, but we need one who believes in smaller government, more freedom and giving people more opportunity. we just need to do a much better job messaging out there. but for us just to start acting like democrats, i think, is a huge problem. >> well, senator lincoln, a part of it obviously always is with the political ramifications in mind of any decision. former pennsylvania governor ed rendell was on cnbc this morning. here's what he had to say. >> we need people on both sides of the aisle to be willing to accept flak. we're not going to get this done without taking a lot of grief from a lot of different interest groups. >> how do you do that? how do you say i'm going to move forward. i'm not going to w
we came off an election where we didn't do well. and so all the sudden there's some in our party saying, well, the democrats did well. i guess maybe we should start acting a little bit more like the democrats and we'll win the next election. truth of the matter is i think most in our party think that's a mistake. that we need two parties, but we need one who believes in smaller government, more freedom and giving people more opportunity. we just need to do a much better job messaging out there....
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they had been elected in tunisia, egypt, and probably will be elected in turkey and other countries. do you think that having islam is inside the tent in a helpscal smear a-- sphere diminish the threat of outside groups like al qaeda? >> hopefully political pluralism is breaking out in the middle east. countries will find expressions with political parties. we are strong advocates of using the political system, the laws, to be able to express their individual groups within different countries. rather than finding expression through violent extremism, these groups have the opportunity as they never had before in countries like tunisia and in egypt, yemen and other places, where they can participate meaningfully within a system. this will take some time for the system to mature sufficiently so that there can be a very robust system there. certainly, those individuals who are associated with parties that have a religious basis, they can have the opportunity in that system. >> my second question, you mentioned yemen. that has been part of the broader portfolio. i know you made many trips
they had been elected in tunisia, egypt, and probably will be elected in turkey and other countries. do you think that having islam is inside the tent in a helpscal smear a-- sphere diminish the threat of outside groups like al qaeda? >> hopefully political pluralism is breaking out in the middle east. countries will find expressions with political parties. we are strong advocates of using the political system, the laws, to be able to express their individual groups within different...
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the policies align very well with the president and that's what the american people asked for in the election in november. >> john: how much of this criticism has to do with mr. hagel and how much is directed at president obama. >> right now there is a battle within the republican party for the direction of their foreign policy. there are realists and chuck hagel comes from that camp. and then there are the neo-conservatives, lindsey graham start from south carolina, bill kristol more of that camp. chuck hagel opposed the surge in iraq quite vocally in 2007 and for that he has been seen as a bit an outlier in foreign policy republican foreign policy circles. we're going to see this play out in the next several weeks. >> john: let's talk about the specific controversy. what is chuck hagel's specific record when it comes to israel. >> he has been a long and historyic supporter. he has voted for sanctions against iran and advocateed for diplomat i canic approaches. this mirrors what the american people want. he has consistently supported aide to israel's military and he has great credibility amo
the policies align very well with the president and that's what the american people asked for in the election in november. >> john: how much of this criticism has to do with mr. hagel and how much is directed at president obama. >> right now there is a battle within the republican party for the direction of their foreign policy. there are realists and chuck hagel comes from that camp. and then there are the neo-conservatives, lindsey graham start from south carolina, bill kristol...
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he got his head handed to him when he ran for election. people turned him back florida, i would say it's tennessee. the people who knew him best knew he shouldn't be allowed near that presidency. i think it broke his spirit. he decided to make any deal with any hot devil that he could. he chose global warming. and now he is probably worth north of a quarter billion dollars. good for him. i'm glad he is rich. if he thinks we haven't noticed is he a big hack who is completely full of it, i don't know who is kidding who. >> bill: last night we had a discussion about welfare recipients. a few of them. not many. a few here in new york. [ laughter ] bill. >> really, billy? i haven't seen the work. >> bill: they did a freedom of information act. came up with a few people using welfare cards and strip joints and gambling places and booze places, all right? so then we brought on jimmy mcmillan who uses the street to say this. seriously do you think somebody is going to walk into a strip club because they want to get some of their welfare benefits a
he got his head handed to him when he ran for election. people turned him back florida, i would say it's tennessee. the people who knew him best knew he shouldn't be allowed near that presidency. i think it broke his spirit. he decided to make any deal with any hot devil that he could. he chose global warming. and now he is probably worth north of a quarter billion dollars. good for him. i'm glad he is rich. if he thinks we haven't noticed is he a big hack who is completely full of it, i don't...
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but with president obama re-elected, the u.s. out of iraq soon to be out of afghanistan and chuck hagel chosen for defense, that syndrome seems to be back again. >> bret: there are some in this town that the hagel nomination and all the controversy surrounding it is over hamas, the surge, it's going to get a lot of attention. perhaps it's going to take a lot of attention from the brennan nomination, do you buy that? >> i do. i think there will be a big fight over hagel. there will be confirmation hearings and suspends will he make it or will he not. i think in the end he will make it. it's unusual for the senate to engage in two major confirmations makess at the same time. >> bret: thank you. >>> concern about president obama getting a third term? it's out there. and if you thought all the drama ended at the fiscal cliff, washington may just be getting started. campbell's has 24 nes that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what
but with president obama re-elected, the u.s. out of iraq soon to be out of afghanistan and chuck hagel chosen for defense, that syndrome seems to be back again. >> bret: there are some in this town that the hagel nomination and all the controversy surrounding it is over hamas, the surge, it's going to get a lot of attention. perhaps it's going to take a lot of attention from the brennan nomination, do you buy that? >> i do. i think there will be a big fight over hagel. there will...